Sad-iron handle.



. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1903.

P. STUART.

sAD IRON HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE lAl, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

4 associated with the body of the iron.

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NTTED STATES 15atented September 1, 19.

PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRIC STUART, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO W. A. STUART, OF STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

SAD-IRONv HANDLE. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,127, dated September 1, 1903.

Application filed .Tune 11, 1902.

To all whom it 71mg/ concern:

s Be it known that I, FREDRIC STUART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Iron Handles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sad-iron handles.

The object of the invention is to provide a sad-iron handle which with the maximum of area to form a firm base-support presents the minimum of contact-surface to conduct the direct heat from the iron to the handle and which insures a rigid connection between the handle and the iron; furthermore, to dispose all of the parts for connecting the handle to the iron in such manner as while being thoroughly effective for the purposes designed will be shielded from View, thereby presenting a neat and highly-finished article.

A further object is to provide a handle of the character specified which may with readiness and ease be attached to and detached from the iron, and, nally, to present astron g, simply-constructed, and inexpensive sad-iron handle. l

Vith these and other objects in View, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a sad-iron handle, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming a part of .this specication, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form'of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a sad-iron handle constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation, partly in section, showing the manner in which the handle is Fig. 3

is a transverse section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the Serial No. 111,109. (No model.)

hand-grip of the handle, and 2 the base-plate thereof. The handle may be of any preferred and is secured to the base-plate by screws 3. The base-plate, which constitutes the gist of the present invention and which combines in a feasible manner the qualities of lightness, strength, durability, and practical construction, is made of heavy sheet metal stamped to the appropriate shape, and in order that rigidity may be secured all of the parts thereof are jointless. The base-plate is provided with a marginal flange 4, adapted to rest upon the top plate 5 of the sad-iron, and the ends of the plate 2 are formed into air-chambers 6 and 7, the upper sides of which are oppositely inclined and to which the hand-grip is secured. The air-chamber 7 is of greater height than'the chamber 6 in order to provide space to receive and house a spring 8, which actuates a locking-latch 9, presently to be described. The rear portion of the upper wall of the chamber?- is provided with an inturned lug l0, disposed approximately parallel with the locking-latch and serving to retain one end of the latch-actuating spring 8 in position, the other end of the spring being recessed to straddle the forward end of the locking-latch, the terminal of the latter being provided with an upturned toe or lug 11 to hold the spring in engagement with the latch. The center portion of the base-plate is provided with a downward-extending depression 12, the lower surface of which terminates flush with the vedges of the marginal iiange, the said depression being provided intermediate of its ends with an orifice 13 and with two downwardly-projecting i'iangesll, disposed parallel with each other and with the side members of the flange 4, saidtlanges constituting guides to cause proper sliding movement of the locking-latch 9. Disposed in advance of the guide-Hanges 14 and formed by stamping downward the bottom of the depression is an abutment 15, the front, sides, and bottom of which are tapered or inclined and the rear wall of which islprovided with a short vertical shoulder 16 to abut against the crossbar 17 of the top plate 5, the said abutment the said plate.

construction and is made,'preferably, of wood being designed to iit within an opening 18 in The locking-latch, to which reference has been made, is provided at its rear end with a forwardly-inclined locking-hook 19 to interlock with the cross-bar 17, the said hook being united with the body of the latch by a vertical curved neck 20, having outturned or lateral ribs 21 to bear against the under sides of the flanges 14, and thereby positively to prevent disconnection between the lockinglatch and the base-plate and at the same time holding the locking-hook properly spaced with relation to the under side of the depression. Disposed upon the upper side of the locking-latch is a plate 22, which operates as a stiener or rcinforcer for the locking-latch, but more especially to cover the opening 13 in the depression, thus to prevent any escape of heat upward against the hand of the user of the handle, the rear portion of the plate being curved downward for this purpose, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The locking-latch is operated through the medium of a knob or button 23, which is secured thereto by a rivet 24, which passes through the plate 22 and into the locking-latch and has its end upset therein.

The manner of attaching the handle to the iron and of disconnecting it therefrom is exceedingly simple and easily accomplished. To connect the handle with the iron, it is only necessary to pass the locking-hook 19 back of the cross-bar and push downward and forward until the bar passes back of the shoulder 16 of the abutment, when the handle is locked in position. To disconnect the handle, it is only necessary to move the locking-latch backward through the medium of the knob 23, when it may be readily detached.

, By constructing the base-plate of stamped sheet metal, preferably of steel, in the manner described it will present a structure having greater rigidity and strength than castiron, is much lighter,and has less body to absorb and retain heat.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is l. A sad-iron-handle stretcher constructed of sheet metal and having terminal upstruck seats for the extremities of a handle-grip,and an intermediate depression to form a seat for a latch plate, and a continuous marginal iiange depending from the edges of said gripseats and the intermediate portion of the plate with its lower edge in a common plane with the under surface of said intermediate depression, the intermediate depression having a depending lug and openings respectively in front and in rear thereof for the reception of a latch-plate, also having al lug projecting under one of said grip-seats to form a seat for a latch-operating spring.

2. A sad-iron handle comprising a baseplate provided with terminal chambers and a depending marginal fiange, the upper sides of the chambers being oppositely inclined and presenting means of attachment to a handgrip, the intermediate portion of the baseplate being depressed and provided with an abutment and with downward extending flanges or guides, a locking-latch having at one terminal a hook to coact with the abutment to secure ahandle to the iron, and with lateral ribs to bear against the under edges ofthe said fianges and at the other terminal a toe, and a spring housed within one of the chambers and bearing against the toe.

3. A sad-iron handle comprising a baseplate provided with terminal chambers one of which is provided with a forward-projecting lug, the intermediate portion of the top of the base-plate being provided with an abutment having a shoulder, and with downward-extending flanges spaced by an orifice,alockinglatch disposed on the base-plate and having at` one end a hook projecting through the orifice and at its other e'nd a toe,and a spring housed within one of the chambers and engaging the lug and the toe by its respective terminals.

4. A sad-iron handle comprising a baseplate provided with a continuous marginal flange and with terminal chambers one of which is provided with a forward-projecting lug, the intermediate portion of the top of the base-plate being depressed and provided with an integral lug having tapered sides and bottom and a rear straight shoulder, and with downward-extending fianges spaced apart by an orifice, a locking-latch disposed in the deyfession and having at one end a hook proj ectngth rough the orifice and at its other end a toe, and a spring housed within one of the chambers and having one end inv engagement with the lug and its other end. recessed to straddle the locking-latch and bear against the toe.

5. A sad-iron handle comprising a baseyplate provided with terminal chambers one of which is rovided with a forward-projecting lug, the intermediate portion of the top of the base-plate being provided with a depending lug and an orifice, a .locking-latch disposed on the base-plate and having at one end a neck projecting through the orifice and terminating in a locking-hook and at its other end an upstanding toe, a spring housed in one of the chambers and engaging the lug and the toe, 'a reinforcing-plate arranged within the depression and having its rear end dis- IOO IIO

posed to cover the orice, and a knob resting upon the plate and secured to the lockinglafch. I

6. A sad-iron-handle stretcher formed of sheet metal, and having a cavity at each end,

one such cavity being adapted to take a curved spring, a depression in the middle fo take a sliding catch-plate, openings therein to allow each end of the catch-plate to pass through, and a further depression forming a boss adapted to fit into one of the holes in a sad-iron top plate, substantially as set forth.

7 The combination with a wooden handle, of a pressed sheet-metal stretcher having cavities under each end, an opening into one of the same to take the body of a catch-plate, a

lug turned in from said opening to take the end of a curved spring, a'depression in the middle to take the body of the catch-plate, with an opening therein to take the catoliplate hook and a further depression opposite thereto to enter one of the openings in the top plate, a sliding catch-plate, a spring to engage the same, and a top plate adapted to engage said catch-plate and stretcher.

8. In a sad-iron handle, the combination with a sheet-metal base-plate provided with parallel iianges to form guides, and a lng disposed on the plate in advance of said flanges, of a sheet-metal latch provided with a locking-hook guided between said anges and provided with upstruck lateral lips engaging the under edges of the tianges.

' 'Si U 9. As a new article of manufacture, a baseplate for a sad-iron handle consisting of a stamped sheet-metal structure provided with terminal chambers, a continuous marginal flange and an intermediate depression having its under face disposed in the -same plane as the lower edges of the flange, said depression being provided with an integral lug having inclined sides and a rear straight shoulder, 

